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Chapter 3 – Pre-Practice

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Ball-handling Drills .................................................................................................................................. 3
Drill 1: Ball-handling Relay ................................................................................................................. 3
Drill 2: Individual Ball-handling .......................................................................................................... 5
Drill 3: 21 ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Drill 4: Chill Drill ................................................................................................................................ 8
Passing Drills ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Drill 1: Full-court Pairs ....................................................................................................................... 9
Drill 2: Lanes Straight ....................................................................................................................... 10
Drill 3: Lanes Straight - 2 balls .......................................................................................................... 11
Shooting Drills ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Drill 1: Form Shooting ...................................................................................................................... 13
Drill 2) “X – Out” lay-ups................................................................................................................... 14
Drill 3) Elbow Shooting ..................................................................................................................... 15
Footwork Drills ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Drill 1: Stops and pivots ................................................................................................................... 16
Drill 2: Jab-Step Series ..................................................................................................................... 17
Light Jogging (30’s)................................................................................................................................ 18
Stretches ............................................................................................................................................... 19

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Chapter 4 - Warm-Up

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 2
Half court Drills .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Drill 1: Curl Drill ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Drill 2: Four Corners ............................................................................................................................... 5
Procedure: Passing: ........................................................................................................................... 5
Procedure: Shooting: ....................................................................................................................... 5
Drill 3: 2 Line lay-ups ............................................................................................................................. 7
Drill 4: Post Passing ................................................................................................................................ 8
Drill 5: ½ Court Weave ........................................................................................................................ 10
Full-court Drills ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Drill 1: Full-court lay-ups ..................................................................................................................... 12
Drill 2: Moves on the Move ................................................................................................................. 14
Drill 3: Pinwheel .................................................................................................................................. 15
Dry Runs .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Drill 1: ½ Court Offense Dry Run ......................................................................................................... 16
Drill 2: Quick Pass ................................................................................................................................ 17
Drill 3: Fast Break Dry Run................................................................................................................... 18

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Chapter 5 - Transition

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3
General Rules for the Fast Break:............................................................................................................ 5
General Rules for Transition Defense: .................................................................................................... 8
Fast Break Systems ................................................................................................................................. 9
Break 1: Numbered Break .................................................................................................................. 9
Break 2: Deuce ................................................................................................................................. 11
Primary Break Drills .............................................................................................................................. 14
Drill 1: Big Men in the Middle .......................................................................................................... 14
Drill 2: Kansas................................................................................................................................... 15
Drill 3: 3 Man Weave........................................................................................................................ 17
Drill 4: 2 Man Fast Break .................................................................................................................. 19
Drill 5: 3-2-1 ..................................................................................................................................... 21
Drill 6: Laker Break ........................................................................................................................... 23
Drill 7: Burnley Break ....................................................................................................................... 25
The Secondary Break ............................................................................................................................ 27
General Principles of the Secondary Break ....................................................................................... 27
Secondary Break 1: Down ................................................................................................................. 29
Secondary Break 2: San Diego .......................................................................................................... 32
Secondary Break 3: Kansas ............................................................................................................... 34
Secondary Break Drills .......................................................................................................................... 36
Drill 1: Big Men in the Middle - Post Up ........................................................................................... 36
Drill 2: Transition Post-Up ................................................................................................................. 38
Drill 3: Trailer .................................................................................................................................... 39
Drill 4: Dry Run ................................................................................................................................. 40
Drill 5: Recognition ........................................................................................................................... 41
Drill 6: Touch - Scrimmage ............................................................................................................... 42
Transition Defense Drills ....................................................................................................................... 44
Drill 1: Execute and Recover............................................................................................................. 44

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Drill 2: Weave to 2 on 1 .................................................................................................................... 46

Drill 3: Take the Charge! Full-court .................................................................................................. 47
Drill 4: 4 Man Touch - Scrimmage ..................................................................................................... 48
Drill 5: Change - Scrimmage ............................................................................................................. 49
Drill 6: Scramble ............................................................................................................................... 50

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Ch 6: Defense http://www.perfectpractice.net

Chapter 6 - Defense

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3
General Rules for Man to Man Defense: ................................................................................................. 4
Concepts and terminology ...................................................................................................................... 5
Basic Footwork Drills ............................................................................................................................ 12
Drill 1: Team Slides ........................................................................................................................... 12
Drill 2: Full-court Retreat, Swing, and Closeout ................................................................................ 14
Drill 3: Dummy Close-out .................................................................................................................. 16
Drill 4: Triangle ................................................................................................................................. 18
Drill 5: Circle Slides ........................................................................................................................... 19
Drill 6: Lane Slides ............................................................................................................................ 20
On-Ball Defense Drills ........................................................................................................................... 21
Drill 1: Pass and Chop ....................................................................................................................... 21
Drill 2: Pass and Chop to 1 on 1 ........................................................................................................ 23
Drill 3: Full-court 1 on 1 .................................................................................................................... 24
Drill 4: Level of the Ball .................................................................................................................... 25
Drill 5: Influence from Wing ............................................................................................................. 26
Drill 6: Close-out .............................................................................................................................. 28
Drill 7: Man in the Middle ................................................................................................................. 30
Pick and Roll Defense............................................................................................................................ 32
Drill 1: Mulaney Drill ........................................................................................................................ 33
Drill 2: 2 on 2 on 2 ............................................................................................................................ 35
Off-Ball Defense Drills ........................................................................................................................... 37
Drill 1: Dummy denial ...................................................................................................................... 37
Drill 2: Deny, Open, Deny ................................................................................................................. 38
Drill 3: Help and Recover .................................................................................................................. 39
Drill 4: Post Bump ............................................................................................................................ 41
Drill 5: 1 Man Shell ........................................................................................................................... 43
Drill 6: 1 on 1 - no ball ...................................................................................................................... 44

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Drill 7: Defending Doubles ............................................................................................................... 46

Take the Charge Drills ........................................................................................................................... 47
Drill 1: Charge................................................................................................................................... 47
Drill 2: Charge from 1 man shell ....................................................................................................... 48
Post Defense ......................................................................................................................................... 49
Concepts ........................................................................................................................................... 49
Combination Drills – combining different aspects of halfcourt defense ............................................... 54
Drill 1: Shell Drill .............................................................................................................................. 54
1. Swing: .................................................................................................................................... 54
2. Penetration ........................................................................................................................... 55
3. Basket Cut ............................................................................................................................. 58
4. Weak side Cut........................................................................................................................ 59
5. Motion................................................................................................................................... 60
6. Transition .............................................................................................................................. 61
7. Post ....................................................................................................................................... 62
8. Six vs. Four............................................................................................................................. 64
Drill 2: 1 on 1 with help ..................................................................................................................... 66
Defensive Rebounding .......................................................................................................................... 69
Rebounding Angles ........................................................................................................................... 69
Keys to Defensive Rebounding.......................................................................................................... 70
Drill 1: Let it Bounce ......................................................................................................................... 72
Drill 2: Seal and Chase ...................................................................................................................... 73
Drill 3: Weak side Box Out................................................................................................................ 74
Drill 4: Animal Thug .......................................................................................................................... 76
Zone Defenses ...................................................................................................................................... 78
Drill 1: Coverage / Tradeoff areas of confusion in zone defenses ..................................................... 85
Drill 2: 9 on 5 .................................................................................................................................... 87

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Ch 7: Offense http://www.perfectpractice.net

Chapter 7: Offense

Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Principles of Man-to-Man Offense.......................................................................................................... 5
Getting Open/Movement Drills .............................................................................................................. 7
Drill 1: V-Cut, L-Cut – .......................................................................................................................... 7
Drill 2: Crash the Glass ....................................................................................................................... 9
Drill 3: 1 on 1 from wing ................................................................................................................... 11
Screening Drills ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Drill 1: Perimeter Screens Curl, fade, back-cut, swing ....................................................................... 13
Drill 2: Perimeter/Post Screens ......................................................................................................... 17
Drill 3: 5 on 5, No Dribble ................................................................................................................. 19
Drill 4: Landa ..................................................................................................................................... 21
Drill 3: Offensive Breakdowns .......................................................................................................... 22
Drill 5: Line Tips ................................................................................................................................ 24
Motion Offense - Teaching Points......................................................................................................... 25
Half-court Continuity Offenses ............................................................................................................. 26
Offense 1: Motion – 3 out, 2 in set. .................................................................................................. 26
3 Out, 2 In – Player Movements .................................................................................................... 26
Offense 2: 3 Man Motion .................................................................................................................. 29
Play 1 from Motion: Quaker............................................................................................................. 30
Play 2 from Motion: Double ............................................................................................................. 32
Play 3 from Motion: U-Conn ............................................................................................................ 34
Play 4 from Motion - “Piper”............................................................................................................. 38
Offense 3: Open Post Motion ........................................................................................................... 39
Offense 4: Flex ..................................................................................................................................... 43
Flex High ........................................................................................................................................... 47
Play 1 from Flex: Loop ...................................................................................................................... 48
Play 2 from Flex: Comeback ............................................................................................................. 49
Play 3 from Flex: Push ...................................................................................................................... 50

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Play 4 from Flex – LA ......................................................................................................................... 51

Play 5 from Flex – Pin ........................................................................................................................ 52
Offense 5: 1-4 high ................................................................................................................................ 53
Play 1: Husky .................................................................................................................................... 54
Play 2: LA .......................................................................................................................................... 55
Play 3: UCLA ...................................................................................................................................... 56
Play 4: High Post Option ................................................................................................................... 58
ZONE OFFENSE ...................................................................................................................................... 59
Principles of Zone Offense ................................................................................................................ 59
Drills .................................................................................................................................................. 66
1. 4 on 4 vs. even and odd-front zones. ............................................................................................ 66
Drill 2: Controlled Scrimmage ........................................................................................................... 67
Zone Offenses ....................................................................................................................................... 67
Offense 1: 3 Out - vs. Zones ............................................................................................................. 67
Offense 4: Baseline vs. odd- front zones ........................................................................................... 69
Offense 5: Triangle vs. Triangle and Two ............................................................................................ 74
Offense 6: 2-Out vs. Matchup zones ................................................................................................. 77
Offense 7: Popeye ............................................................................................................................. 79
Zone offense play: 14 ........................................................................................................................ 81
Play 1 from 3 out: 33 ......................................................................................................................... 83
Play 1 from Triangle: 35 .................................................................................................................... 84
Pressure Offenses ................................................................................................................................. 86
Offense 1: Tandem, guard in front for man pressure ....................................................................... 86
Offense 2: Mary ................................................................................................................................ 88
Offense 3: Dive vs. Odd Front ½ Ct. Traps ......................................................................................... 89
Offense 4: 3 across for zone pressure ............................................................................................... 92
Baseline Out of Bounds Plays ............................................................................................................... 97
Play 1 (box set): Orange (pick picker) ............................................................................................... 97
Play 2 – Up ........................................................................................................................................ 97
Play 4 (box set): One ......................................................................................................................... 98
Play 4 (flat set): Philly ....................................................................................................................... 99
Play 5 (stack set): Kentucky (zones) .................................................................................................. 99
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Play 6: NC (zones) ........................................................................................................................... 100

Play 7: Indiana ................................................................................................................................ 101
Sideline Out of Bounds Plays .............................................................................................................. 102
Play 1: Back-pick ............................................................................................................................. 102
Play 2: 31 ........................................................................................................................................ 103

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Ch 8: Man to Man Press http://www.perfectpractice.net

Chapter 8: Presses

Contents
Man to Man Press ................................................................................................................................... 2
Full-court Man to Man drills ............................................................................................................... 2
Drill 1: Full-court 1 on 1 ................................................................................................................... 2
Drill 2: Full-court 2 on 2 ................................................................................................................... 3
Drill 3: Full-court 3 on 3 ................................................................................................................... 5
Drill 4: Full-court 4 on 4 ................................................................................................................... 6
Drill 6: FC 3on3 – Lanes ................................................................................................................... 7
Press 1: Full-court Man to man ........................................................................................................... 9

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Ch: 8a: Zone Press http://www.perfectpractice.net

Chapter 8a - Zone Presses

Contents
Press Principles ....................................................................................................................................... 2
Key concepts: .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Drill 1: Ride and Slide .......................................................................................................................... 3
Drill 2: 3 on 2 Trap and deny ............................................................................................................... 5
Drill 3: Tag ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Drill 4: 6 vs. 5 .................................................................................................................................... 10
Zone Press 1: Full-court 2-2-1................................................................................................................ 11
Responsibilities in the 2-2-2 after the ball is in-bounded .................................................................. 11
Responsibilities in the 2-2-1 before the ball is in-bounded ............................................................... 14
Press 3: Full-court 1-2-1-1 ..................................................................................................................... 17
Player Responsibilities: ..................................................................................................................... 17
Press 4: ½ court 1-2-1-1 ........................................................................................................................ 23
Press 5: ½ Court 2-2-1 ........................................................................................................................... 26

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Chapter 9 - Scrimmages
3 on 3 Scrimmages .................................................................................................................................. 2
Scrimmage 1: ½ court Cut-throat ........................................................................................................ 2
Scrimmage 2: Weave to 3 on 3 ............................................................................................................ 3
Scrimmage 3: 3 on 3 Continuous ......................................................................................................... 4
Scrimmage 4: Kalina fullcourt 3 on 3 .................................................................................................... 6
4 on 4 Scrimmages .................................................................................................................................. 7
Scrimmage 1: 4 on 4 Cut-throat .......................................................................................................... 7
Scrimmage 2: 4 on 2 plus 2 ................................................................................................................. 8
Scrimmage 3: 4 on 4 on 4................................................................................................................... 10
Scrimmage 4: 4 on 4 vs. even and odd-front zones. ........................................................................... 12
5 on 5 Scrimmages ................................................................................................................................ 13
Scrimmage 1: Possessions ................................................................................................................. 13
Scrimmage 2: Possessions with Conditions ....................................................................................... 13
Scrimmage 3: Possessions with Free Break ....................................................................................... 14

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Chapter 10 – Stations

Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Post Play ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Drill 1: Post Moves ............................................................................................................................ 3
Move 1: Drop Step Baseline –........................................................................................................ 3
Move 2: Drop Step Middle –. ......................................................................................................... 4
Move 3: Sikma: . ........................................................................................................................... 5
Drill 2: Pogo ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Drill 2: Pump fake put-back ............................................................................................................... 8
Drill 3: Tips ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Drill 4: Volleyball .............................................................................................................................. 9
Drill 4: Superman ............................................................................................................................ 10
Drill 5: Ball at each block ................................................................................................................ 11
Drill 7: 1 on 1 Post-Up...................................................................................................................... 12
Guard Play ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Drill 1: Jab-Step Series .................................................................................................................... 16

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Chapter 11 – Shooting
Free Throw Drills..................................................................................................................................... 1
Drill 1: Scrimmage substitutions: . ..................................................................................................... 2
Drill 2: 2 at each hoop ........................................................................................................................ 2
Drill 3: 2 Lines - Sprint if you miss....................................................................................................... 3
Drill 4: Pressure FT. ............................................................................................................................ 4
Perimeter Shooting Drills ........................................................................................................................ 5
Drill 1: Partner Shooting ..................................................................................................................... 5
Drill 2: 3 men 2 balls ........................................................................................................................... 7
Drill 3: Weave Shooting...................................................................................................................... 9
Drill 4: Spot shooting........................................................................................................................ 11
Drill 5: Downscreen Shooting. .......................................................................................................... 13
Post Shooting Drills ............................................................................................................................... 14
Drill 1: Mikan.................................................................................................................................... 14
Drill 2: Flash and post ....................................................................................................................... 15
Drill 3: Continuous Post Ups.............................................................................................................. 17

Three basic types of shooting drills are presented in this chapter: free throw drills,
perimeter shooting drills, and post shooting drills. Several different layup drills can be
found in the Pre-practice, Warmup, and Transition chapters. Shooting drills that are
more specific to particular offenses can be found in the Offense chapter as they are
more often used in that portion of practice.

I like the shooting segment of practice to be focused specifically on proper shooting

mechanics, getting each player several shot repetitions, and on conditioning so that
shots are taken under fatigue that simulates game conditions.

Free Throw Drills

I usually have players shoot no more than 2 free throws at a time, since it is rare that 2
consecutive free throws are ever attempted in a game. The only exception is scrimmage
situations. Rather than stand and watch the action in scrimmages, substitutes must
make 10 free throws at a free hoop. Then the can enter the scrimmage.

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